Lara Logan

Birth Name:

Lara Logan

Birth Place:

Durban, South Africa

Received the 2007 Association of International Broadcasters' Best International News Story Award and an Alfred I․ DuPont Silver Baton from Columbia University in 2010 for her field reporting in Afghanistan
Attended high school at Durban Girls' College and the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa, where she was born and raised, and graduated in 1992 with a degree in commerce
Served as a correspondent for GMTV, a weekday morning news program, the CBS Evening News and ITN, also working as an assignment editor for CBS News and ABC News in London
Was a senior producer for Reuters Television in Africa for four years
Is the chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News and the CBS series "60 Minutes․"
After being beaten and sexually assaulted while covering the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, spoke out months later in a "60 Minutes" interview to break the silence about sexual violence female reporters are reluctant to report
Was the only journalist from an American network in Baghdad when the U․S․ military invaded the city and the statue of Saddam fell
While reporting a "60 Minutes II" story about the conflict near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in 2005, the military vehicle she was riding in hit a double-tank mine, killing two soldiers
Holds a degree in the French language, culture and history from the Universite de L'Alliance Francaise in Paris, and speaks fluent French, Afrikaans and basic Portuguese

2010Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2011Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2011Emmy - Outstanding Interview:Winner
2015Emmy - Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a News Magazine:Nominated
2015Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2016Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2016Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2017Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2017Emmy - Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2017Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine:Winner

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